BOYS' BASKETBALL: Waynesboro falls to Carlisle in season finale

The Waynesboro Indians had no answer for the Carlisle Thundering Herd’s height in the season’s final basketball game on what turned out to be a snowy Monday night.

WAYNESBORO — The Waynesboro Indians had no answer for the Carlisle Thundering Herd’s height in the season’s final basketball game on what turned out to be a snowy Monday night.With two 6-6 players and two at 6-3, the Herd made it nearly impossible for the Indians to get off any uncontested shots in the paint.Coupled with Carlisle’s Mr. Inside (Jordan Dockens, 28 points) and Mr. Outside (Tim Atkins, 20 points with six treys), the Indians (7-15) found themselves playing catch-up the entire game.Still, Waynesboro played well in a 71-51 loss against a talented squad and had several impressive rallies to keep the game within reach until late.“They’re better than us,” Waynesboro coach Tom Hoffman said simply. “At a minimum, they certainly matched us athletically and we have no answer for size. It wasn’t so much on the rebounding, but they were able to shoot over the top of us. We have trouble guarding bigger teams. At each position, they were bigger than us.“I will never fault the effort of our kids.”Senior Cole Warrenfeltz led the Indian attack with 14 points, while Shaquill Smith and Connor Fetterhoff each added nine.Atkins with a trio of threes and Dockens with eight points on drives to the iron accounted for all of Carlisle’s scoring in a 17-6 first-period spread.Waynesboro countered with two free throws by Warrenfeltz, an inside bucket by Tim Ingram and another by Ingram following the first of three Warrenfeltz steals.That pulled Waynesboro within a point at 7-6, but the Herd ran off the last 10 points of the quarter.The second quarter turned out to be Waynesboro’s best as the Indians outscored the Herd 20-17 to trail by eight at 34-26 at intermission.Warrenfeltz fueled the Indian surge with seven points.Ryan Kelley started the second period with a three-pointer for the Indians and Carlisle countered with a nine-point run to build a 26-9 lead at the midway point of the quarter.Waynesboro refused to quit and put together a seven-point spurt of its own as Fetterhoff converted a drive, Warrenfeltz singed the net for a three and Fetterhoff hit two free throws.With time running out in the half, Carlisle owned a 34-20 lead before the Indians brought the home crowd to life with back-to-back treys by James Bennett and Cory Chatfield to set the score at 34-26.Atkins caught fire again in the third period with 11 points, most of them from long range, to help the Herd pull away to a 54-37 lead at the three-quarter mark.Three-point plays provided Waynesboro with most of its third-quarter scoring as Warrenfeltz and Smith hit from three-point land and Fetterhoff connected a traditional three-point play. Waynesboro’s other basket came on an outside shot by Bennett.Trailing by 21 early in the fourth, the Indian rallied one last time to cut the deficit to 13 on a drive by Warrenfeltz, another three by Smith and a fast-break score by Warrenfeltz off a steal.The Indians collected17 rebounds, with Ingram grabbing four to lead. Smith claimed three of the team’s eight assists and Chatfield took a charge. The Indians committed 16 turnovers.“Our three seniors — Darion Brown, James Bennett and Cole Warrenfeltz — provided leadership for us that was really good and helped us restore some hope to our program as we move forward over the next couple of years with what I think are some talented kids,” Hoffman noted.“We’re really going to miss them and they were all playing their best basketball at the end of their careers. I’m proud of those seniors and our whole team.”In the junior varsity game, Carlisle came away with a 53-35 win.After trailing 31-14 at halftime, the Indian jayvees outscored Carlisle 21-20 in the second half.Nate Roefaro tossed in 10 points and Nick Franki netted seven to lead Waynesboro.

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